Test Automation Lead

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are a talent incubator. The time you spend at Expleo will turbo-charge your career, allowing you to work on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues. Whether working on autonomous vehicles, green planes, the factories of tomorrow or cutting-edge banking technology, you will have the opportunity to become a bolder version of yourself. Let’s change the game together.

We are looking for an Test Automation Lead to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg, Durban or Cape Town (Hybrid). 

Role Overview: 

Works autonomously and acts as a senior providing professional advice, managing and/or co-ordinating the work of others. Maintains the status of project and monitors the activities of team members, leading Quality Engineering projects using available test frameworks and tools and establishing project plans with on-time and on-budget project goals.

• Leads multiple phases of technical areas within a project and/or multiple small projects of moderate scope and sometimes complex assignments. Responsible for managing own and team's time within a certain area and conditions.
• Writes high quality scripts in a chosen tool and builds into a scenario to test defined non-functional use cases, co-ordinating schedules, work and resource plans, and leading the progress of all activities against overall plan.
• Co-ordinates the information gathering and reporting process, conducting research to define problems and preparing responses to anticipated questions.
• Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements, reports on system quality and collects metrics on test cases.
• Produces test scripts, materials and regression test packs to test new and amended software or services.
• Provides detailed advice to the team regarding the application of technologies.
• Supports test management in developing project plans and tracking against key milestone dates.
• Develops a network to support and add value to client engagements including company, clients and external professional networks.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience.
• ISEB / ISTQB Certification.
• Additional course or certification in Quality Engineering.

• Proficiency in Object-oriented Programming (OOP).
• Experience with development languages such as C# and Java.
• Background in Mobile Application development.
• Familiarity with SOAP and RESTFUL services.
• Ability to use testing tools and frameworks like Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, and Jira.
• Exposure to performance and load testing.

• Possess over 5 years of experience in test automation, coupled with a minimum of 2 years' experience in a leadership capacity.
• Hands-on experience in Agile delivery methodologies and exposure to Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) within a continuous delivery framework.
• Proficiency in test analysis and design.
• Exposure to Non-Functional Testing (NFT).

We are guided by shared values in all things we do: Courage, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Accountability.

• Courage – We are bold thinkers and doers, always ready to take on new challenges. We think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, matching creativity with vigilance.
• Excellence – We are united by a shared ambition: change the game, together. Continuous performance is both an objective and a mindset.
• Collaboration –Teamwork and emotional intelligence are what makes us stand out in a crowd. We stand shoulder to shoulder, with our clients and our peers, through good times and setbacks.
• Respect – We are a hive of different profiles, and we place a high value on openness and transparency. We show respect, always.
• Accountability – We are reliable. We celebrate our successes, we take responsibility and learn from our failures. This is why we protect our “right to fail” as an opportunity to bounce back and progress.